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Viva Las Vegas – Affiliate Summit West 2010 – Cheap Travel and Discount Code

If you haven’t got your tickets for Affiliate Summit West 2010 (in Las Vegas) yet, you should take action soon (affiliate summit discount code at the bottom of this post).

Prices for hotels and air travel have been going up and will be peaking towards the end of this month (Nov).

Here’re the low down on Affiliate Summit:

What is it?

Although there’re other shows like AdTech, PubCon, Blog World Expo, these tend to have an offline marketing slant to them (AdTech), or aside from affiliate marketing, veer sharply into other directions like blogging, SEO, legal issues. There’s also another “free” affiliate conference, though I think you get what you pay for. In my opinion, it’s always good to go to a few shows to connect with the online marketing industry (and get out of the house).

For the biggest bang for your buck, especially for affiliate marketing-related issues, Affiliate Summit wins hands-down in my opinion. I’m particularly looking forward to the product datafeed and automation sessions at this upcoming summit.

The parties (at least 2-3 major ones every evening) are great for entertainment and even better with networking with your affiliate manager and other affiliates. It also helps not to get caught in a compromising position (whether with an adult entertainer, or falling on your face on the Vegas strip, and having the episode distributed on Flickr or Youtube…).

Which pass should you get?

There’s 3 classes of passes available: Silver, Gold, Platinum. Which should you get?

If you’re skint, you can try asking your affiliate network or affiliate manager if they can sponsor your pass, or if they’ve spare passes. They’d typically give these passes to their top affiliates, so unless you’re already a baller (or if the manager is really kind), you won’t be getting a free pass. If you’re already doing well, why’re you looking for a free pass anyway?

Shawn Collins (@AffiliateTip on Twitter) has been giving out codes for free Affiliate Summit passes over the past couple of days, so you can try your luck at scoring one.

But back to the passes:

Silver: This is the entry level (cheapest) pass and gives you access to the exhibit hall, meet market and keynotes).

The meet market like a mini tradeshow/swap meet that runs on the first day (Sunday) for a few hours from noon to 6pm. The exhibit spaces are tables, rather than booths and you’ll see smaller networks and merchants and a couple of service providers taking space here. I enjoy this part of the summit because of it’s intimate nature. Also because there’s a seminar track ongoing during the same time, you’ll have to balance your time at the meet market with the ongoing seminar sessions.

Affiliate Meet Market at Affiliate Summit West 2009

The silver pass will also give you access to the trade show which runs on the 2nd and 3rd day in a different hall. This is where many of the big affiliate and ad networks will take up booths and have their affiliate managers try to get you to sign up with them. It’s a good place to find out about new networks, and especially if you’re having difficulty getting your affiliate application accepted, having an affiliate manager contact might help get your application approved.

Keynote sessions – there’re 2 of them – Dr Robert Cialdini, author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, will be delivering one and Brian “Copyblogger” Clark will be presenting the other. I’ve attended the keynotes every year I’ve been to the summits and none of them felt especially spectacular, so your mileage may vary.

Your silver pass also gives you access to the Affiliate Summit social network. Aside from adding some friends from the affiliate industry and getting a number of unsolicited private messages from affiliate managers, I haven’t been an active user of the network.

Gold Pass: This gives you all the stuff listed for the Silver pass, plus access to the sessions on the first day (Sunday).

For an additional $400 over the cost of the Silver pass, you can probably attend 3 sessions from the workshop sessions (I’m moderating/presenting a session at the first time slot at noon to 1pm on Sunday), so it’s your call whether it’s worth it. I’m planning to sit in on Jeremy Palmer and Ros Gardner’s session on affiliate promotion via videos, which could pay the $400 you’d pay multiple times over.

You’ll also get access to all the recorded workshop sessions from day 1, which can be very useful as several sessions look hands-on/actionable.

Platinum pass: This gives you entry to workshops across the 3 days. There’re a number of great marketers presenting as I’ve highlighted in my previous post, and I’ll be headed for at least 5 sessions (especially Scott Jangro’s session on product datafeeds).

You will probably suffer from information overload if you attend sessions all 3 days, which is a good thing you’ll get access to the recordings after the show.

Which pass should you get?

If you’re an affiliate newbie, the silver or platinum pass will be useful, especially in filling in any gaps you may have in your marketing knowledge.

If you’ve been an affiliate for at least a year, you might do better to arrange meetings with your affiliate managers, setup meetups with other affiliates ahead of time.

Hotel: I paid $750 earlier this year for 4 nights at the Rio (the summit venue). The official group rate for the upcoming summit is about $700 with the coupon code.

CarlRez checked an ABestWeb thread that mentioned LastMinuteTravel.com gave good deals and I got a 4 night stay at the Rio for about $325, a pretty substantial saving.

Affiliate Summit Coupon Code: You can use the code “ASW10WEE” (good for 10% off any type of conference registration)

I’ll see you in Vegas!

23 comments on Viva Las Vegas – Affiliate Summit West 2010 – Cheap Travel and Discount Code

  1. Shawn Collins
    November 11, 2009 at 11:59 pm (14 years ago)

    Nice rundown, Andrew – any particular keynotes you’d like to see?

    Which have you seen that underwhelmed you?

    As far as the passes, I give out a code for a Gold pass daily – started aboout a month ago and will do it until we sell out.

  2. Andrew Wee
    November 12, 2009 at 12:41 am (14 years ago)

    Hi Shawn,
    It’s a tall order, but I’d probably kill to have the Donald speak at an Affiliate Summit. He lives in your neck of the woods. Heck, I’d make it a point to brave the 20 hr commute for an ASE to hear the Donald!

    The keynote speakers are good, it’s a relative thing that talking to fellow affiliates would give more tangible benefits to me.


    The comp Gold passes and the press passes are a great alternative to getting a pass.


    Else I’m looking fwd to another great show!

  3. Clement
    November 12, 2009 at 12:45 am (14 years ago)

    Got a comp Gold pass. The challenges at Shawn’s twitter is super exciting!

    Get your tickets now at Wee’s for a 10%. Dont wait till onsite. Grab it now!

  4. Shawn Collins
    November 12, 2009 at 12:51 am (14 years ago)

    We have dozens of sessions with affiliates speaking, so we seek to provide a more big picture discussion with the keynote.

    Did you see Cory Booker when we had him as keynote? He was my favorite so far.

  5. Andrew Wee
    November 12, 2009 at 1:30 am (14 years ago)

    That was an ASE, unfortunately I didn’t get to attend.

    I’ll check if the recording is available on Geekcast.

    IMO the Donald would be able to give a pretty big pic…

  6. MLDina
    November 12, 2009 at 4:17 am (14 years ago)

    I can’t believe you forgot to mention our date…errr…VIP dinner! While you can’t get passes, we should also do a meet and greet with your readers.

  7. Andrew Wee
    November 12, 2009 at 6:50 am (14 years ago)

    @Dina – some things need to remain private, er, exclusive, rather than ending up on the internets. XOXO Gossip Girl.

  8. MLDina
    November 13, 2009 at 4:03 am (14 years ago)

    Hahahaha what happens in Vegas, stays on the internet. Remember that Andrew Wee!

  9. Alex - AffTricks.com
    November 14, 2009 at 4:03 am (14 years ago)

    Have you ever been at one of these?

  10. MLDina
    December 6, 2009 at 1:05 am (14 years ago)

    Several- they’re great, whether you’re new to the industry or have been an affiliate for ages. Will you be coming this year?

  11. Matthew
    December 19, 2009 at 6:54 am (14 years ago)

    Hi Andrew,

    Thank for your post. Do you know how I can find other people and get a group ticket? Is there a site that brings together people who want to buy a group ticket?

    Matt

  12. Matthew
    December 19, 2009 at 6:54 am (14 years ago)

    Hi Andrew,

    Thank for your post. Do you know how I can find other people and get a group ticket? Is there a site that brings together people who want to buy a group ticket?

    Matt

  13. Grant
    December 31, 2009 at 1:59 am (14 years ago)

    Matt,

    Did you find people. I am also interested in getting a group ticket. Trying to get into affiliate marketing and trying to limit costs.

    Let me know.

  14. Matthew
    January 3, 2010 at 3:52 am (14 years ago)

    Hi Grant,

    I guess we need three more people.

    We can place a Google Adwords Ad and see if we get any…

    Matt

  15. Lena
    January 5, 2010 at 8:58 am (14 years ago)

    I am interested in a group ticket also..Are u guys trying to do platinum?

    Lena

  16. Matthew
    January 6, 2010 at 10:48 pm (14 years ago)

    Hi Lena,

    yes, I am interested in platinum. Actually that’s the only ticket you can purchase as a group.

  17. John Bardacino
    January 8, 2010 at 6:25 am (14 years ago)

    Andrew,

    Thanks for the discount code, I registered for the platinum pass… If you need anything while you are in Vegas, just let me know, I live there.

    Kindest Regards,

    John T. Bardacino, CAIA

  18. linuxchica
    January 11, 2010 at 11:27 am (14 years ago)

    @Matthew I ended up getting what I could which was gold. Last minute better than nothing.. Maybe next summit I can get platinum

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